…bang bang…bang bang…
"Who is it? Mother, go and see." Village chief Tian Yonghui had just laid down on the bed when he heard a knock on the door.
…bang bang…bang bang…
"Who is this? It's so early in the morning and it's not even bright yet." The village chief's wife, who was sleeping soundly, had to put on her clothes and go to the yard to open the door.
…bang bang…bang bang…
"Here I come, here I come, who is it?" Li asked as she walked.
As soon as Li opened the door, a thin "little beggar" with patches all over his body rushed in.
Mrs. Li grabbed the "little beggar" and said, "Hey! Hey! Hey! You stinky beggar, what are you doing? I don't have any food to give you this early in the morning. Go away, go away."
As he said this, he tried to push Tian An out.
Tian An hugged her legs and said, "Aunt, I'm not a beggar, I'm Tian An, the daughter of Tian Mingwu. Aunt, please save me and my brother!"
Hearing this, Li pulled her into the yard and looked at her for a long time in the gray light.
"Oh, you really are the daughter of Tian Mingwu! How did you become like this? I almost didn't recognize you. What did you say just now? What do you mean by saving you and your brother? What happened to you?" Li asked as she pulled me into the main room.
"Aunt, I want to find the village chief uncle. Only he can save me and my brother, otherwise we will die." Tian An said nothing, just said that he wanted to see the village chief. If he couldn't see the village chief, it would be useless to say anything.
"Boss, come here for a moment. This girl must see you. I'm afraid something really happened." Li shouted into the house.
After a long while, the village chief came out of the inner room dragging his shoes.
Tian An hurried over and pulled his clothes and said, "Uncle Village Chief, please save me and my brother! Otherwise we will die."
He used so much force that he almost pulled off the clothes draped over his shoulders.
The village chief was almost knocked off his feet by her attack. He frowned and said, "You little girl are crazy. Instead of staying at home early in the morning, you come to me and tell me about death. Bah! Bah! Bah! Don't offend me."
Tian An said quickly, "Uncle Village Chief, I'm sorry to bother you, but you're the only one who can help us. Could you please listen to me first?"
The village chief sat on the bench and squinted at Tian An and said, "Alright, then tell me what happened. If you can't explain it clearly, I won't let you off easily."
Tian An quickly told the story of how the Tian family treated him and his brother, how they had exhausted him and starved him to the point of being half dead, and then thrown him onto the mountain to fend for himself.
After saying that, she immediately pinched her thigh and knelt on the ground, crying, "Uncle Village Chief, my brother and I really have no way to survive, please save us!"
After hearing this, the village chief glared and said, "You said you fainted from hunger and exhaustion, and your uncle and the others threw you on the back mountain. Then how did you get back? Besides, you don't look hungry or tired!"
Tian An could only half-truthfully answer, "I met a big grey wolf and was nearly eaten. But the Bodhisattva blessed me and I met Brother Da Niu who was hunting in the mountains. He shot the wolf to death with one arrow."
Then, seeing that I was still breathing, he gave me his dry food to eat and sent me down the mountain. Then, I came to find the village chief. If the village chief doesn't believe me, he can go ask Brother Da Niu; he can testify for me.
The village chief thought about it and believed that Zhao Daniu did often go to the back mountain of Shangba Village to hunt.
Seeing that the village chief still seemed indifferent, Tian An walked up to Li and pulled up his sleeves, showing her his arms.
I saw a pair of skinny arms covered with bruises, some new and some old, some like pinch marks, and some like they were caused by beatings with small bamboo sticks.
"My brother and I are covered in wounds like this. We don't have enough to eat every day. I didn't go home yesterday, so they must have not given my brother any food. We are so pitiful. Uncle and aunt, please save us!"
Tian An cried and complained with tears in his eyes.
The village head's wife took Tian An's hand and said, "Hey! This is really serious. No one should beat their children like this! Brother Tian An is so young, how can he bear it?"
Even the people living next door to the village chief were alarmed. For a moment, everyone couldn't sleep and ran to the village chief's house to watch the excitement.
After asking about the whole story, they all expressed sympathy for the plight of Tian An and his sister, and criticized the old Tian family for being inhumane and heartless.
Women are the most tenderhearted, especially mothers. Some women with children at home burst into tears.
We are all from the same village, and everyone knows the situation of Tian An's family. If you put yourself in their shoes, if you were to die one day and your children were abused by your family, you would never be able to rest in peace!
"Village chief, please help this girl, otherwise if this goes on, the brother and sister will really die. Tian Mingwu and An (Tian An's mother) have helped our villagers a lot in the past. Now that they are gone, we can't let their children be bullied like this," said an elderly man.
"Yes, when Tian An's parents were around, any family in the village who had any problems would just go to them, and they would always help without hesitation. We can't let good people feel disappointed!" said a young man who had been helped by Tian Mingwu.
Yes! Yes! And… and…
More and more people are counting the good things that Tian Mingwu and his wife have done, and more and more people are speaking up for Tian An and his sister.
"Thank you, uncles, grandparents, aunts, thank you for recognizing my parents, and thank you for your willingness to help An An." Tian An sincerely thanked everyone.
"Okay! Okay, then everyone, come with me and accompany this girl to talk things over with her! Let's see what the people from the old Tian family say." The village chief looked at everyone and said.
"Okay, let's go together and see what the Tian family says."
"Yes, let's go together..."
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